It was Yung who gave it the name “Seawise Giant.” This supertanker was unlike anything that ever roamed the sea. It was so big that if a sailor had to turn the ship, he would at least require ...

At 1,504 feet in length - and with a cargo capacity exceeding 564,000 tons - the Seawise Giant was the longest, largest and heaviest ... to construct a massive supertanker. However, in 1979 ...